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  • EMC, HP, IBM and NetApp Incorporate ATTO Workstation Storage

    Industry giants such as EMC and HP have jumped aboard storage OEM ATTO Technology’s newest release that ATTO says is the first Fibre Channel connectivity solution that enables workstations in heterogeneous operating environments to connect directly to enterprise-class storage systems. The release comes at a time when IT organizations in target industries, such as media…

  • IBM Targets Oracle-Sun Resellers with ‘Smart Analytics’ Servers

    IBM on April 7 launched a major push to win over new system integration partners, especially integrators specializing in Oracle databases and Sun Microsystems hardware with the introduction of two new server  models including an x86 Unix System and a System z mainframe scale system. To sweeten its pitch, IBM is planning to spend up…

  • IBM Channels Data Analysis, Sun Partners

    IBM is announcing integrated Smart Analytics Systems for x86 and mainframe environments, the pureScale Application System, and up to $500 million in financing to Sun partners to resell IBM systems. Built to handle higher volumes of transactions and data analysis, the model 5600 (x) and 9600 (z) will join the 7600 (p), introduced last summer…

  • Juniper Scoops Up Ankeena Networks

    Juniper Networks has signed a definitive agreement to acquire new media infrastructure technology provider Ankeena Networks. The acquisition will support Juniper’s “New Network” vision, building on the vendor’s ability to provide its customers with the technology they need deliver video on the IP network. Additionally, instead of partnering with another vendor to offer these capabilities,…

  • Qwest Gets Into Managed Security, Network Management Services

    Qwest Communications announced the launch of two managed solutions, Qwest iQTM Managed Security Service and Qwest iQTM Network Management Service, which deliver on a relationship Qwest and IBM previously announced to provide a technology ecosystem specifically designed for businesses with 15,000 employees or fewer. MMS helps reduce the costs and complexities associated with managing security…

  • Salesforce.com Adds Facebook-Style Social Networking to AppExchange

    NEW YORK—Salesforce.com announced the expansion of what officials call “the next cloud computing paradigm” with a new round of private beta testing for its Salesforce Chatter platform, which allows Facebook-style social collaboration among enterprise workers. In an April 8 press conference here, the company also heralded the launch of AppExchange 2, the next generation of…

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